self-checkout

self-checkout
self-checkout UK US noun [U or S] COMMERCE
the system of customers in a store using a machine to add up the prices and pay for goods they have bought, or the machine that does this: »

Many customers are not keen on self-checkout and prefer to use a cashier.

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He uses the self-checkout because there's a shorter line.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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